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Cover of History of the 91st Aero Squadron
by Unknown
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015

Formed in August 1917, The 91st Aero Squadron was a United States Army Air Service unit that fought on the Western Front during World War I. The 91st was one of the first five American flying squadrons to arrive in France, arriving at Chaumont Aerodrome on 15 November 1917. This is a well...
Cover of The Me 262 Stormbird: From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It

The Me 262 Stormbird: From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It

From the Pilots Who Flew, Fought, and Survived It

by Colin D. Heaton, Jorg Czypionka, Tillman
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2012

The Me 262 was the first of its kind, the first jet-powered aircraft. Although conceived before the war, with the initial plans being drawn in April 1939, the Stormbird was beset with technological (particularly the revolutionary engines) and political difficulties, resulting in it not entering combat...
Cover of Air Power

Air Power

The Men, Machines, and Ideas That Revolutionized War, from Kitty Hawk to Iraq

by Stephen Budiansky
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2005

No single human invention has transformed war more than the airplane—not even the atomic bomb. Even before the Wright Brothers’ first flight, predictions abounded of the devastating and terrible consequences this new invention would have as an engine of war. Soaring over the battlefield, the airplane...
Cover of Mission to Berlin

Mission to Berlin

The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich

by Robert F. Dorr
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2011

From Hell Hawks! author Bob Dorr, Mission to Berlin takes the reader on a World War II strategic bombing mission from an airfield in East Anglia, England, to Berlin and back. Told largely in the veterans’ own words, Mission to Berlin covers all aspects of a long-range bombing mission including pilots...
Cover of Powered Parachute Flying Handbook (FAA-H-8083-29)
by Federal Aviation Administration
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011

As far back as the twelfth century, people have loved to parachute. From China’s umbrella and Leonardo da Vinci’s pyramid-shaped flying device to the first air-plane jump in 1912, the urge to leap and soar with the wind has long been a part of history. Parachuting has come a long way since its...
Cover of Caterpillar Association of the United States
by Caterpillar Association of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1992

The Caterpillar Association, born in 1982, is a group of self-saved men and women. Any person who saves his life jumping from a disabled aircraft, with a parachute, can become a member. This is not the history of the parachute, but rather the stories behind the men and women who were forced to use them in an emergency situation. (From the Introduction)
Cover of Kansas City B-25 Factory
by John Fredrickson, John Roper
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014

An industrial miracle took place at the Fairfax Airport, on the shores of the Missouri River, between 1941 and 1945. A massive factory was quickly built and a large modification center was soon added. At its peak, over 24,000 greater Kansas City�area residents were employed by North American Aviation,...
Cover of Leveraging Information Technology for Optimal Aircraft Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO)
by Anant Sahay
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012

Aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) requires unique information technology to meet the challenges set by today’s aviation industry. How do IT services relate to aircraft MRO, and how may IT be leveraged in the future? Leveraging Information Technology for Optimal Aircraft Maintenance,...
Cover of Introduction to UAV Systems
by Paul Fahlstrom, Thomas Gleason
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2012

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely adopted in the military world over the last decade and the success of these military applications is increasingly driving efforts to establish unmanned aircraft in non-military roles. Introduction to UAV Systems, 4th edition provides a comprehensive...
Cover of Astro Turf

Astro Turf

The Private Life of Rocket Science

by M. G. Lord
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009

A daughter's journey to rediscover her father and understand the culture of space engineers During the late 1960s, while M. G. Lord was becoming a teenager in Southern California and her mother was dying of cancer, Lord's father-an archetypal, remote, rocket engineer- disappeared into his work...
Cover of Gravity & Electromagnetism Unified
by Richard Lighthouse
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2017

Rev-2A. This is an Important Mathematical Discovery. No one has ever provided mathematical evidence that unifies gravity and electromagnetism. Note that the two classical equations of Newton's Gravity and Coulomb's Law have a similar form. Also note that when; Limit (r) ---> 0, these 2 equations...
Cover of Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles
by Cornelia Altenbuchner, James E Hubbard Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017

Modern Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Modeling Methodology for Flapping Wing Vehicles presents research on the implementation of a flexible multi-body dynamic representation of a flapping wing ornithopter that considers aero-elasticity. This effort brings advances in the understanding of flapping wing...
Cover of Social Foundations of Human Space Exploration
by James A. Dator
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2012

This title presents a uniquely human perspective on the quest to explore space and to understand the universe through the lens of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. It considers early stories about the universe in various cultures; recent space fiction; the origins and cultural rationale for...
Cover of Fatal Flight

Fatal Flight

The True Story of Britain's Last Great Airship

by Bill Hammack
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017

Fatal Flight brings vividly to life the year of operation of R.101, the last great British airship -- a luxury liner three and a half times the length of a 747 jet, with a spacious lounge, a dining room that seated fifty, glass-walled promenade decks, and a smoking room. The British expected R.101...
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